Gary R. wrote:
> I have a new notebook that came with Vista, and have entertained
> the idea of backing up the complete system, formatting, and then
> installing XP, with the thought that I'll probably get a
> considerable performance boost, not to mention losing the small
> irritations and nags that are constant with Vista. (I'm not a Vista
> hater, just don't really need the glitz or the "do you really want
> to..." screens, besides the occasional software that doesn't work
> with it). Plus, I think a 2 GB machine with this processor should
> fly with XP, and it's only so-so with Vista. If I change my mind,
> I'll have the disk imaged so I can go back to Vista.
> But the hard drive is SATA, and there is no floppy drive. As far
> as I remember, the floppy is the only possibility for adding the
> SATA drivers during XP setup, and I'm not even sure if it would
> recognize a USB floppy if I were to buy one specifically for that
> purpose. Any suggestions, workarounds, etc. would be appreciated.

It would likely recognize a USB floppy drive, however it is not the only
way. You can also integrate/slipstream the driver for the controller into
the installation media just like you can SP2 and most Post-SP2 security
patches...

(Google.)

Make sure - first - that this new notebook has drivers for (is supported
with) Windows XP.

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